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MAKINDE APPROVES RECRUITMENT OF 7,000 PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN OYO
Oyo State Government is set to recruit 7,000 teachers for public primary schools across the state. The state government also revealed plans to recruit 100 caregivers for special schools across the state. This was disclosed by the executive chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Nureni Adeniran, during a press conference held at the…
LAGOS COURT CONVICTS COSMETIC SURGEON, ADEPOJU OVER CLIENT’S DEATH
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has convicted a medical doctor and founder of MedContour Services Ltd., Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, who conducted a failed plastic surgery that resulted in the death of one Nneka Onwuzuligbo in 2020, FIJ reports. This was disclosed by a former Director-General of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection…
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER GUILTY OF CHILD SEX OFFENCES AGAINST PUPILS
A teacher has been found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys. Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed the teenagers from the age of 15, Manchester crown court heard, and was on bail for sexual activity with the first child, boy A, when she began having sex with the second, boy B, by whom she went on…
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER: WORLD NUMBER ONE GOLFER HANDCUFFED AND CHARGED AFTER TRAFFIC INCIDENT
The world No 1, Scottie Scheffler, has teed off in the second round of the US PGA Championship after an extraordinary sequence of events that occurred on Friday morning after he tried to drive into the course and was subsequently arrested, detained and booked on four separate charges by police. Dramatic footage showed the golfer being led…
MAN SHOT DEAD AFTER FRENCH SYNAGOGUE SET ON FIRE
French police have shot dead a man armed with a knife and iron bar who set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen. The interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, posted on X that the man had been “neutralised”, and he thanked officers for their “reactivity and their courage”. Emergency services were alerted after a fire…
NASARAWA OIL DISCOVERY GOOD FOR ECONOMY
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said that the discovery of oil and gas in Nasarawa State will contribute in no small measure to the development of the nation’s economy. The Group Managing Director of NNPCL, Mele Kyari disclosed this at the ongoing Nasarawa Investment summit. He assured that the firm will also…
FG OPENS STUDENT LOAN APPLICATION PORTAL MAY 24
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, on Thursday, announced May 24, 2024, as the official date for the opening of the portal for student loan applications. The announcement was made in a statement by the media lead for the NELFund, Nasir Ayantogo. Ayantogo, in the statement, said the opening of the application…
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP: REPS TO INVESTIGATE DAILY RISE IN PRICES OF COMMODITIES
The House of Representatives has mandated the Committee on Commerce to investigate the daily increase in prices of commodities in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion by Representative Jesess Onuakalusi, PDP-Delta on the Need to Awaken Price Control Board of Nigeria to its Constitutional Responsibilities, at plenary today. Presenting the motion, Onuakalusi…
TINUBU APPROVES SINGLE DIGIT INTEREST RATE FOR MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, through the Bank of Industry BOI, to extend its single-digit interest-rate financing to media organizations in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris stated when he received members of the Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria IBAN, on…
PRESIDENT TINUBU SEEK REPS’ APPROVAL TO REFUND OVER TWENTY BILLION NAIRA TO NASARAWA, KEBBI
President Bola Tinubu has sought the approval of the House of Representatives to grant concurrent approval to the Federal Government for the refund of a total sum of Twenty Four Billion Naira to Nasarawa and Kebbi State governments, for the takeover of the airports built by the two states. The President’s request was contained in…